Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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17-251 | Ariz. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2017 |
Issues: (1) Whether Arizona's capital sentencing scheme, which includes so many aggravating circumstances that virtually every defendant convicted of first-degree murder is eligible for death, violates the Eighth Amendment; and (2) whether the death penalty in and of itself violates the Eighth Amendment, in light of contemporary standards of decency.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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May 30 2017 | Application (16A1185) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 13, 2017 to July 14, 2017, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
Jun 06 2017 | Application (16A1185) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until July 14, 2017. |
Jun 28 2017 | Application (16A1185) to extend further the time from July 14, 2017 to August 12, 2017, submitted to Justice Kennedy. |
Jun 29 2017 | Application (16A1185) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until August 12, 2017. |
Aug 14 2017 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 15, 2017) |
Sep 08 2017 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 16, 2017. |
Sep 15 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Amnesty International filed. |
Sep 15 2017 | Brief amicus curiae of Fair Punishment Project filed. |
Sep 15 2017 | Brief amici curiae of The Promise of Justice Initiative, et al. filed. |
Sep 15 2017 | Brief amici curiae of Former and Current Arizona Judges, Prosecutors, Defenders, Legislators and Others filed. |
Oct 16 2017 | Brief of respondent Arizona in opposition filed. |
Oct 31 2017 | Reply of petitioner Abel Hidalgo filed. |
Nov 01 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/21/2017. |
Nov 13 2017 | Rescheduled. |
Nov 27 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/1/2017. |
Dec 04 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/8/2017. |
Dec 06 2017 | Record Requested. |
Dec 11 2017 | Record received from Supreme Court of Arizona. (One envelope with sealed materials; the remainder of the record is electronic.) |
Dec 26 2017 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2018. |
Jan 08 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/12/2018. |
Jan 16 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/19/2018. |
Feb 05 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2018. |
Feb 20 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2018. |
Feb 26 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/2/2018. |
Mar 12 2018 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/16/2018. |
Mar 19 2018 | Rescheduled. |
Mar 19 2018 | Petition DENIED Statement of Justice Breyer, with whom Justice Ginsburg, Justice Sotomayor, and Justice Kagan join, respecting the denial of certiorari. (Detached Opinion) |
Jul 13 2018 | Record returned to the Supreme Court of Arizona. |
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